Aiden

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A few things about Aiden you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Aiden

Aiden McGeady

Irish association football player (born 1986)

Choose Aiden and your child shares a first name with Aiden McGeady, an Irish association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Aiden, like who?” Aiden McGeady's Wikipedia article is available in 47 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Amarhgil, CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 339 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Aiden, 5,046 babies in all. In a school of 500 kids, there'd probably be one other Aiden.
• 📜HistoryAiden first shows up in US birth records in 1970, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 55 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 2011, when it ranked #9. Today it's #62, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📈Then vs nowAiden is 6.6× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 2,229 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 339.
• 🍂TrendAiden has slipped 38 places over the last five years and now sits at #62. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedAiden is most popular in Washington, D.C., where it ranks #30, followed by Mississippi (#31) and Delaware (#35). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningIn Irish, Aiden means “little fire”.

About the name Aiden

Aiden is a boy name of Latin origin meaning “little fire”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-den”. US birth records list Aiden for boys from 1970 to 2025, in 48 of those 56 years. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked #9 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #62, with 5,046 babies.

Origin:Latin names